1982 Rallye de Portugal

1982 Rally of Portugal
16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
Round 1 of the 1982 World Rally Championship
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Host country Portugal
Rally baseEstoril
Dates runMarch 3 – 6 1982
Stages40 (639 km; 397 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel and tarmac
Overall distance2,313 km (1,437 miles)
Statistics
Crews91 at start, 23 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Michèle Mouton
Fabrizia Pons
Audi Sport
Audi Quattro

The 1982 Rally of Portugal (formally the 16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto) was the third round of the 1982 World Rally Championship season, after the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies. It was the second event in the Championship of Makes, as the Swedish Rally did not count towards the Manufacturers' Championship.

Report

Michèle Mouton dominated a rally with lots of mechanical retirements; seven out of ten factory team starters did not finish. Only 23 of the 91 starters (the 92nd entrant, Belgian Claude Reusch, overslept and missed the start) were classified in the end.[1] Second place went to Swede Per Eklund in a somewhat outdated Toyota Celica, scheduled to be the RA45's final factory outing. Franz Wittmann, Sr. finished third in the second works' Audi.

Henri Toivonen put on a good show in his Ascona 400, being a spectator favourite, but a series of technical failures (changing the rear axle twice) pushed him as far back as 18th. A succession of four fastest times brought him back up to fifth, but a broken clutch ended his race with four special stages left.[2] His teammate Walter Röhrl crashed out after his steering failed. All of the Nissans (Salonen, Pond, Mendes) broke down, the differential failed in Björn Waldegård's Celica, and the front suspension collapsed on Jean-Luc Thérier's Alméras-Porsche 911 SC.[2] Because of the large number of retirements, six out of six of the new 1.2-liter, Group B Citroën Visa Trophées finished, with the best one gaining a fifth position ahead of significantly more powerful cars.[1]

Results

Final standings:[3]

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Group Starting no./Registration Time Difference Points
1982 Rallye de Portugal results
1. Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 4/4 7 / IN-NH 42 7:39:36 0.0 20
2. Per Eklund Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT (RA45) 4/3 8 / K-RV 661 7:52:43 13:07 15
3. Franz Wittmann Sr. Peter Diekmann Audi Quattro 4/4 18 / IN-NL 88 8:07:25 27:49 12
4. Carlos Torres Filipe Lopes Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII 4/3 10 / VWL 200R 8:30:58 51:22 10
5. Alain Coppier Josépha Laloz Citroën Visa Trophée B9 14 / 5474 VV 38 8:54:11 1:14:35 8
6. Mário Silva Bevilacqua Rui Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII 4/3 19 / DM-49-88 9:01:12 1:21:36 6
7. António Ferreira da Cunha Resende Carlos Opel Ascona 2000i 2/3 48 / NE-D 391 9:29:09 1:49:33 4
8. Christian Dorche Patricia Trivero Citroën Visa Trophée B9 27 / 6676 SN 35 9:35:39 1:56:03 3
9. Olivier Tabatoni Michel Cadier Citroën Visa Trophée B9 59 / 341 KB 13 9:40:36 2:01:00 2
10. Jorge Fleck Silvio Klein Opel Kadett GT/E 2/3 16 / AV-76-92 9:40:55 2:01:19 1
11. Michel Marie Carlos Duarte Citroën Visa Trophée B9 61 / 9:54:47 2:15:11
12. António Segurado Pedro Sena Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII A7 83 / GZ-66-28 9:56:37 2:17:01
13. Jean-Yves Le Masson Joseph Pascal Volkswagen Golf GTi A6 84 / 9:57:51 2:18:15
14. Stéphane Neyret Antoine Marnas Citroën Visa Trophée B9 58 / 10:12:23 2:32:47
15. Masaaki Kawahara Shinya Ishikawa Datsun 280ZX 4 25 / 10:18:59 2:39:23
16. Jean-Luc Marteil Bernard Marchais Citroën Visa Trophée B9 60 / 4622 PK 78 10:28:54 2:49:18
17. José Manuel Tavares António Durães Datsun 120Y 2 95 / 10:37:46 2:58:10
18. Ewald Klein Jürgen Schneider Honda Civic A5 79 / WIL-R 464 10:46:42 3:07:06
19. Manuel Mello Breyner João Aragão Teixeira Peugeot 104 ZS2 N2 64 / FI-02-33 10:53:09 3:13:33
20. Nicolas Stürken João Reis Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII A7 72 / K-AH 1553 10:57:07 3:17:31
21. Michel Malherbe Vivien De Climens Volkswagen Golf GTi A6 56 / 11:10:22 3:30:46
22. Pinto Mendes Carlos Costa Honda Civic A5 66 / CM-92-34 11:44:02 4:04:26
23. Robert Guieu Maurice Lebre Peugeot 104 ZS 2 94 / 11:57:15 4:17:39

Championship standings after the event

Makers' Championship standings
Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points

MON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRC
NZL
BRA
FIN
ITA
GBR
1 Audi 16 18 34
2 Opel 18 12 30
3 Toyota - 16 16
4 Citroën - 14 14
4 Porsche 14 - 14
6 Ford - 12 12
7 Renault 10 - 10
Drivers' Championship standings
Rank Driver Event Total
points

MON
SWE
POR
KEN
FRA
GRC
NZL
BRA
FIN
ITA
CIV
GBR
1 Walter Röhrl 20 12 – 32
2 Michèle Mouton – 8 20 28
3 Per Eklund – 10 15 25
4 Stig Blomqvist – 20 – 20
5 Hannu Mikkola 15 – – 15
Ari Vatanen – 15 – 15
7 Jean-Luc Thérier 12 – – 12
Franz Wittmann – – 12 12
8 Guy Fréquelin 10 – – 10
Carlos Torres – – 10 10
10 Bruno Saby 8 – – 8
Alain Coppier – – 8 8
12 Dany Snobeck 6 – – 6
Lasse Lampi – 6 – 6
Mário Silva – – 6 6
15 Jochi Kleint 4 – – 4
Sören Nilsson – 4 – 4
António Ferreira da Cunha – – 4 4
18 Philippe Touren 3 – – 3
Kalle Grundel – 3 – 3
Christian Dorche – – 3 3
21 Jean-Pierre Ballet 2 – – 2
Bengt Thorsell – 2 – 2
Olivier Tabatoni – – 2 2
24 Jürgen Barth 1 – – 1
Mikael Ericsson – 1 – 1
Jorge Fleck – – 1 1

References

  1. ^ a b Bishop, Hugh (March 11, 1982). "Michele takes another". Autosport. Vol. 86, no. 10. Haymarket Publishing. p. 18.
  2. ^ a b Bishop 1982, pp. 19-20.
  3. ^ Oliveira, André (2013-05-04). "16. Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto 1982". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22.


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